Combined window shade and curtain fixture



W. C. J. MILLER.

COMBINED WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION man 020.2 3.1919. RENEWED 020. 22. 1920.

1,376,385, Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

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WILLIAM C. J. MILLER, 01 PHILADELPHIA, IENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED WINDIIW' SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE.

1,3 Y6,38, Specification of Application filed December 23, 1319, SerialNo. 345,89

1 e 0'55 whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, lVILLIAM C. J. MILLER, ci;:en of the United States,and resident f Fhiladelphia, in the county of Philadeland State ofPennsylvania, have ined certain new and usciul improvements Combined VllIKlOW Shade and Curtain fixtures, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to supports for window shades and curtains, andmy improvements are particularly directed to means in conjunction withdevices of this character whereby shale rollers and curtain poles, ofdifferent lengths, may be supported by the same fixture without changingthe secured position of the latter.

I; brief my invention may be said to consist or certain fixture elementsto be secured as by screws, nails or otherwise, to a window asing ateach side of the window, and said elements characterized as providinadjustseating means for a hanger or bearing member t is capable oireceiving either the spindle or the spring engaging stem of a shaderoller and said seating means also being receptive of hangers orbrackets capable of supporting a curtain rod. To this end the fixtureelements aforesaid each comprise a channel member, having guides withinwhich a socket member is laterally adj ustable, and said socket memberbeing adapted for the reception of the shank portion of either or both ashade roller hanger and a curtain rod bracket. The lateral adjustabilityof the socket member permits the hangers or brackets, or both, at eachside of the wiudow, to be suitably spaced apart for the use of w'ndowshades and curtains that are adapted for windows of diiierent widths.

Other features and advantages of my said invention will hereinafterappear.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an inside elevation of a portion of a window frame, havingmy improved shade curtain fixture applied thereto.

Fig. 2, is a section on the line 22 of Fig. l l, and

Fig. 3, is view of the device in perspec tive elevation.

The present invention is devised for the purpose of facilitating thefitting of shade rollers and curtains to windows, wherein supports,which may be permanent fixtures secured to the sides of the windowframe,

Letters Patent.

0. Renewed December 22, 1920. Serial No. 432,598.

have lateral runways in which the brackets for a shade roller, and thehangers for a curtain pole are movably carried so that said brackets andhangers can be adjusted at different distances apart, for the purpose ofserving with shade rollers and curtain poles or different lengths. Themain purpose is that the fixtures may be of uniform character andbymeans of the adjustable feature they provide, said fixtures areapplicable to windows of different widths, and consequently will supportshade rollers and ourtain poles or rods of varying lengths.

The fixture element consists of a strip of metal or other suitablematerial, such as indicated at 1, having end securing means as at 2whereby it may be more or less permanently attached to a window casing3. In Fig. l l have illustrated only one of the fixtures, as applied tothe casing at one side of the window, but my purpose is to apply acorresponding fixture to the casing at the opposite side of the window.Since however the fixtures at both sides of the window are ofcorresponding character the description and illustration of one willanswer for both.

The strip 1 is provided with an upper channel l and a lower channel 5,formed, in the example shown, by turning over the edge ma erial of thestrip in opposite directions, said channels serving as seats and guidesfor a laterally adjustablesocket member. In the present example thissocket member is composed of a flat piece of metal or the like, as 6,having the upper and lower portions 7 which, respectively, engageslidably within the channels l, 5, and the body portion of said piece 7having lateral wings 9 which are folded over upon said body portion, inspaced relation therewith, but leaving a clearance 8 between the opposedends of said wings.

The space provided between the body portion or" piece 6 and its foldedwings 9, registers with the channel 5, so that said space is capable ofreceiving the base 10 of a hanger member, whose shank 11 will at thesame time be entered within clearance 8.

The forward portion of channel 5, is, as seen, provided with a series ofslots 12, arranged lengthwise of said channel, the purpose of said slotsbeing to register with the clearance 8 in the adjusted position of thesocket member, so that the shank 11 01 the hanger member may enter analined Patented Apr. 25, 1921.

slot, to thus lock said hanger in its desired position of lateraladjustment.

The length of the fixture elements, at both sides of the window, beingof sufficient extent, and the channels 5 being provided with suitablyspaced slots 12 for localizing the hanger members, it will be evidentthat all reasonable lengths of shade rollers may be accommodated, withtheir ends engaged in the bearings usually provided in the hangers. InFig. 2 the hanger shank 11 is shown as having a circular bearing, as isusual for a hanger at one side of a window, while the same view, forconvenience, shows, dotted in, a squared slot of usual character torepresent the opposite hanger with its engaging means for the springspindle of a shade roller.

Since the base 10 of the hanger member occupies only one side of thespace provided in the socket members, I purpose utilizing the other sideof said space as the reception means for the tang 13 or" a curtain rodbracket, whose support portion is i the form of an arm is extending atright angles from said tang and terminating in a rod engaging hook 15,the length of arm 1 being sufficient to hold the hook 15 extended outfrom the fixture suitably for its intended purpose.

The curtain rod brackets (there being one in each socket member for awindow) re thus, equally with the shade roller hangers, adjustablelaterally to serve with curtain rods of different lengths, according tothe window requirements as to width of the curtains.

In devising the fixture aforesaid, with its adjustable and removableelements, I have had in mind the idea of providing per; manent fixturesof this character, so that when changing residence, the new occupant ofa house need only provide the hanger and brackets, which can be somanufactured as to be available in a 5 and 10 cent store, and by whosemeans, owing to the lateral adjustment provided in the fixtures, shadesand curtains of any desired width may be conveniently hung, withoutoccasion for changing the positions of the fixtures.

Variations may be restorted to within the spirit and scope of myinvention .and parts thereof used without others:

I claim 1. Shade roller supporting means comprising a fixture element, alaterally adjustable socket member therefor, and a hanger capable ofremovable engagement with said socket member, said fixture elementhaving means to co-act with said hanger and thereby engagingly localizeboth said hanger and socket with respect to said fixture element.

2. Shade roller supporting means comprising a fixture element having ahorizontal guide, a socket member adjustable along said guide, and aroller engageable member removably held by said socket memher, saidfixture element having means to co-act with said hanger and therebyengagingly localize both said hanger and socket with respect to saidfixture. element.

Shade roller supporting means including a strip of rigid material forattachment to a window casing, upper and lower portions of said striphaving channels formed thereby, a socket member having end por- 'ment orsaid socket member, and said socket member further having a verticalclearance,

whereby a shade roller hanger, having a base portion and a shankextending at right angles therefrom, may have its base seated in saidsocket and its shank entered in said nce to ale engage in a slot withwhich said clearance alines in the adjusted position said socket.

5. A window fixture comprising a strip of rigid material for attachmentto a window casing, said strip provided with upper and lower channels, asocket member adjustable within said channels, shade roller hanger and acurtain pole bracket removably carried by said socket member and meansin one of said channels to co-act with said hanger in locking the socketmember in an adjusted position.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan in the city, county and State of NewYork, this 20th day of December, A. D. 1919.

VVlLLlAh l C. J. MILLER.

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